Barça de Basket starts this Tuesday (21: 15h CET) the assault on the playoff of the Endesa League. Unicaja It is the first obstacle in that path to the league title that seems complicated, and in which teams such as Valencia Basket, La Laguna Tenerife o o Real Madrid which accumulates 22 consecutive triumphs in ACB.
It was these four teams that left those of Joan Peñarroya Far from the first four positions, something that forces Barça to improve its benefits away from Palau. After the last stumbling blocks suffered in Monaco, A Coruña and Vitoria, This past Friday, the Barca team met again with home triumph after beating Bilbao Basket in Miribilla 68-85 In a duel in which Kevin Punter He led the score of Peñarroya with 15 points.
Barça, in the last match of Liga Endesa against Surne Bilbao Basket / Barça Basket
Only 8 team players available
After the absence of last minute of Álex Abrines Because of muscle discomfort in the pubis, Barça's coach was left with only eight seniors players, As happened in the duel against Baskonia a few weeks ago. An improper situation for a club of the size and entity of Barca, but that is lived by the decision not to undertake any signing despite the numerous injuries and physical problems that the team has been accusing since the beginning of the course.
Peñarroya still has to resort to the quarry, Not only to complete calls, but also to dosing the rotation, if possible at this point in the film. The last to debut with the first team was a Daniel Gonzalez who played in Miribilla almost 11 minutes in which he contributed three rebounds and a recovery. With him on the track, the +/- was nine.
González debuted in Bilbao
The Barça outside had minutes, just like Raul villas, which already adds 13 Endesa League games so far this season, and that a Keita Keita which brings freshness to the inner game, and that also in ACB has already had five presences. There are three of the five Junior players who have resorted to a Peñarroya who has had to pull quarry to hold the team.
The lithuanus quintet completes Arthur Butayev, who debuted with Barça on December 1 at ACB party played in Manresa, and Mathieu Grujicic, which has added three Endesa League meetings and two from Euroleague. Some players who have been on track, but whose presence has been capital for something as simple as completing training sessions, in which the young man has also been present Mohamed Dabone. This complicated is the reality of the group so far this season.
Willy Hernangómez gives indications to young Dabone and Butjevas in Thursday's training / Javi Ferrandiz
Peñarroya, just with the Canteranos
Peñarroya has been fair With the young players who have won during the week the opportunity to be present at the weekend matches. Before the plague of injuries increased, the Barca coach recognized before the media that it was something skeptical that the juniors had opportunities with the first team, since the requirement of a Barça is a very large jump of reality with respect to the formative level.
But there it is, THE 'QUINTO DE LA MASIA' that he is helping and how both Peñarroya and the rest of Seniors, and who knows, if American university basketball allows it, if his place can be in the First Barca template The next few years.
